Daily Republican., 1887-08-12
FENCES FOR FARMERS.
THE DAYTON HEDGE FENUE-
CHEAPER, BETTER,

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THE DAYTON HEDGE FENUE-
CHEAPER. BETTER,
haDdsomer and More Durable Than
any Other Fence-How 1t u Made
How Farmers Can Got 1t.
The fence question is one that trou.
bles all farmers and others who vish ia
enoloee their lands. Nearly every ex-
pS6 lent 10 resorted to to get q good.
looking, durable and cheap fence. and
after oil as . general thing farmers fall
back on the old post aud rail that costs
about d0llsr psppei, and rots out in
i've or six years The name "lerion"
might almost Appropriately be applied
to the large variety Of fences in use,
Besides the old post and rail fence, that
10 only . protection against horses and
cattle, and possibly sheep and large
swine, there 10 the peie fence, the siat
fence, the board fence, the worm fence,
the picket fence, the four-board fence
with . cap and without . csp, fences
lattlced, iron fences, barbed wire fences
1ood for crippling stock, plain wire
fe1ces, that when the tsnsion IL looBened
are . nuisance, aud lsst, though not
least, hedge fences.
Well, what IL wrong with the hedge
fences? is the query that We hear.
Why, there is o great deal wrong with
them when they are not constr ucted
right and taken care OF. In the latter
superstition they become terrible nui
sance upon . farm. Some farmers
spend great deal of time In trimming
up their hedges, and when finished ip
an artistic manner they lovk almost ~
handsome as bouquet. They are
counded of In ey ymmetricsl proportions,
a-e some three or four feet fat on the
top and taper down to the roots where
the Usage plauts are so far apart that
poultry, pigs, dogs and oats 6nd couve
nient ineress and e2ress, and 1t is no
unusual thing for DOW or horse to
work their way through. Sometimes
the fenes is helped little by the kind
hearted farmer filing up the open
spaces by driving In wooden stakes,
taking good care that the stakes shall
not mar the symmetrical and beautiful
proportions OF the top Of the fence. It
Is true, too, that Theses mtstrained and
m m'sdirected fences take up several feet
wide of fertile and valuable ground
that cannot be utilized, for how can .
horse or q plough be got near to the
roots Of the fence, but then the farmer
needn't care, be has plenty of land any
how, what siguifies few feet along
hedge?
Besides these, Of which considerable
care 10 taken, the country IL full Of MT
elected hedges. left to grow up wild,
making splendid homes for birds and
shade for stock. But this Is not the In
teDtion OF . hedge fence. The fences
nre the bes', handsc N est cheapest aud
most durable when properly taken care
OF, and they bscome terrible nuisancss
when neglected.
"Well, how would you have us trim
and preserve Usage Orange he'd ges?" 10
question that comes from hundreds
Of farmers In the same breath.
The question is easily answered. The
Dayton Hedge Company, of Dayton,
Ohio, have found the secret. They
have got right down into the very pith
of the matter, and 1t will require very
little effort for every farmer In the couh-
try to acquire the same secret OF sue.
cess.
HOW IT IS DONE.
The company referred to has been
constructing and putting mp samples Of
fence all over the country. For an en-
rirely new fence they commence by
planting Usage Orange pants In the
usual manner, and when they grow
large enough, which, in fertile ground,
is In two years and six months or three
Year,, they trim the fence, bending
the pant over ut IN angle Of forty "a We
degrees. These plants are kept la that
position by means of four strands OF
plain wire stretched along the fence.
The fence is about three feet high
which leaves the wires about seven
and half inches apart. The wire and
plant are fastened together by little
wire staple, which Is driven into the
plant BY queer little instrument called
. gun" This little machine is really
the mysterious part Of the whole pro
cess, rs without this "gun" the driving
possibility. The fence thus constructed
may be either three or four feet high OIL
desired, but three feet is usually con
, eidered high enough. 1t stands firm
. and s.rong, No wind can blow 1t over
Having sharp thorns no animal woul6
care about attempting to jump over 1t
The young shoots sprinaing up trou
the root OF the stalks where It is ben
over, grow up and interlard tbemsel vel
with the parent stalks and the wires
thus making the fence more durabl;
and strong. Every little space snd in
terstice is so completely filled mp with
young ehoots that a young rabbit coulc
scarcely get through. Instead o
widening at the top 1t grows narrow ant
comes TO an edge. 1t is not more thar
foot thick at the bottom, and not NOR
than five inches ut the top. See what {
great quantity OF land is utilized. IL Il
no difficulty to plough up Within si1
inches of the hedge.
EXAMINING THE HEDGE.
Through an invitation extended b!
Mr.. Samuel johnson, tie eentlemanl.
agent OF the Dayton Hedge Company
the following we'll known farmers o
randywine, Mil Greek and New Cas'
tie Hundreds went mp to Trenton, New
jersey, yesterday, to view and iHvesti
gate this hedge that IL bound to Great,
q revolution in fencing: Isaac N
Grubb, President Of the Nav Oastl,
County Levy Court; Ex-State Senate
Isaac 8. Elliott; Ooanty Treasurer ant
Treasurer Of the Trustees Of the Poor
Edmund Haman; Howard Jordan
member Of tho Levy COURT from Mil
Greek. j. w. B.rnaby, Robert McFsr
lin. John g Petitdemsnge, and Thoma
8. Robinson. They left Wilmington IL
the s.60a m. train, and were In Tren
ton at 11.l6. A large hack which wa
in waiting took the party back aorosi
the Delaware to Morrisville, and from
thence down the Delaware river road
through most delightful agriculture
section OF Bucks County, Pa. Far al
Itk L.
farms covered with crops, and stately
farm houses surrounded with spacious
lawns, ,bstokening wealth and refinemen,
Thia aanfiori Rtill unaa hu fha ma ma nI